Combined curtain and portiere hanger



E. N. ELLIS.

COMBINED CURTAIN AND PORTIERE HANGER. I

APPLICATION FILED APR.-I3, 1920.

- Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

4 2 ya 5 gg Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

'rrso STATES rarer COMBINED CURTAIN AND PORTIEBE HANGER.

Application filed April 13, 1920. Serial No. 373,603.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EVELYN N. ELLIS, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Adebolt, in the county of Sac and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Curtain and Portiere Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in a combined curtain and portiere hanger and more particularly relates to an improved device for hanging portieres and curtains in connection with windows, doors, stages, et cetera.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved curtain and portiere hanger for holding the portieres so that they may be removed for purposes of cleaningand may be interchanged with facility.

- further object of the present invention resides in providing an improved mechanism whereby the curtain may be opened and closed from a point below and at one side.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts as hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, wherein like numerals denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Fig. 1 is a view in elevation, with the lower portion broken away of a window or stage casing having the improved portiere and curtain hanger applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of one of the brackets.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the same.

Fig. 4 is a view in elevation of the other bracket.

Fig. 5 is an end view of the same.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary elevation on an enlarged scale showing the construction of the upper portion of the curtain and the method of securing the same to the rings.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary perspective view showing how the brackets support the portiere rods.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary plan view of one of the brackets showing the method of forming the pins.

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the curled finger for holding the portiere cord, and

Fig. 10 is an elevational view of the device employed in connection with a stage.

Referring more particularly to the drawings 11 indicates a window, door, stage, or other casing to which the improved hanger is adapted to be secured.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 2 and 3 one of the brackets 12 is herein shown, the same having the out-line illustrated or any other ornamental configuration. This bracket is an angle bracket having an upper horizontally extending ledge 13 to which the curtain rod 14: is secured at one end in any suitable manner. A slot 15 is made in the vertical portion .of the bracket and preferably near the lower portion thereside of the casing 11 and near the upper portion thereof as shown in Fig. l. The slot 15 is elongated in a vertical direction to provide for the adjustment of the brackets 12 as to height. v

The bracket 12 is also slotted and cut away as indicated at 17, the material thereof being cut and punched out to form an upwardly curled finger 18 for a purpose to be later described. The underside of the ledge 13 carries a double sheave block 19 through which the cord 20 is trained.

The ledge 13 is also provided with a pair of upstanding pins 21 and 22 formed near the lateral edges thereof and preferably made from the sheet metal of which the bracket is formed.

These pins 21 and 22 are preferably formed in the manner shown in Figs. 7 and 8. In Fig. 8 themetal rectangular blank 23 is first cut out from the top portion of the ledge 13, leaving the narrow neck 24 to connect the blank 23 with said ledge.

The blank 23 is afterwards folded up wardly about this neck 24 until it assumes a position standing upwardly at right angles to the plane of the ledge 13 after which said blank is rolled about in opposite directions to provide a tubular pin as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 8.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 4 and 5 a similar bracket 25 is herein shown having a similar slot 26 through which the fastening 27 is adapted to engage for adjustably holding the bracket 25 to the opposite side of the casing 11. This bracket is also similarly formed with a ledge 28 and with pins 29 and 30 upstanding therefrom.

The ledge 28 also provides forreceiving the other end of the curtain rod 14 which is attached thereto in any appropriate manner. The bracket 25 also carries a curled finger 31 just beneath the ledge 28 which for receiving and forming a bight in the end of the cord 20.

The curtain rod 14 carries curtain rings 33 for supporting a two-part curtain, the parts of which are numbered 34 and 35 respectively, the same being divided centrally and adapted to slide together with the rings 33 back and forth on'the rod 14 whereby to open and close the same.

Referring more particularly to Fig. 6 the upper edge of the curtain sections are provided with tapes 36 which are sewed thereto at separated points by the lines of stitching 37 the portions between the stitching being looped away from the curtain to receive the cord 38 which is carried alternately through the loops of the tape 36 and through the curtain rings 33. The ends 39 of the cord 38 are secured to the curled fingers 18 and 31 on the brackets.

The curtain operating cord 20 is formed into two runs 40 and 41 for passing through the single sheave block 32 on the bracket 25 and one run thereof is knotted to the first ring of the curtain section 35 as indicated at 42. The run 41 of the curtain operating cord is knotted as indicated at 43 to the first ring of the other curtain section 34. As indicated in Figs. 1 and 6 the two runs 40 and 41 of the curtain operating cord, after going through the double sheave block 19, extend downwardly at the side of the casing 11 and are within convenient reach of an operator who may pull either the one run or the other according to the desire to open or close the curtain sections 34 and 35.

The curtain rod 14 is preferably telescoped for the purpose of adjusting the same as to length whereby the rod may be shortened or lengthened to accommodate casings of different sizes.

Other hollow and telescoping rods 44 are also provided, one at each side of the curtain rod 14 and are adapted to hold portieres 45 in such a way as to conceal the various brackets, rods and the curtain opening and closing appliances. The portieres 45 are preferably draped in the manner shown in Fig. 10; The ends of the portiere rods 44 are flattened as indicated at 46 in Fig. 7 and are provided with perforations 47 which adapt them to fit over the upstanding pins on the bracket ledges.

In use the window or stage or other casing has the appearance illustrated in Fig. 10 when the improved curtains and portieres are hung therein. An operator standing at one side thereof may select either operating cordand may consequently move the runs 40 and 41 of the operating cord in a desired direct-ion to open and close the curtain sections, the cord running freely through the sheaves in a noiseless manner.

The portiere rods 44 are easily lifted from the pins which provides for the interchange of the portieres and their convenient removal for the purposes ofcleaning.

I desire it to be understood that I am not limited to the size, form, or proportion of the various parts, and various changes and modifications may be made provided the same are within the spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claim.

lVhat is claimed is:

A combined curtain and portiere hanger comprising a pair of brackets adapted for mounting upon the opposite sides of a casing. said brackets having sheaves therein and having transversely spaced. apart upstanding fingers, a curtain rod adapted to be secured at opposite ends to said brackets between the fingers thereof and arranged to receive a curtain. a cord trained over said sheaves and connected to said curtain for manipulating the same, and portiere rods having apertured ends adapted to engage over said fingers for supporting the porticres at opposite sides of the curtain to conceal the upper and outer edges of the same.

In testimony whereof, I have afiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EVELYN N. ELLIS.

WVitnesses MRS. KENNETH BRYANT, IDA M. LEVEL. 

